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HB1769HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Correctional Facilities.

Last status update Mar 10, 2026

What this measure contains

Requires the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation to incrementally return committed felons incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional institutions to in-state correctional facilities. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

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Bill text and versions

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How this measure moved

Legislative path

Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.

  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by PBS
  3. HD2by JHA
  4. SD1by PSM

Decision stages

  1. House PBS committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    9 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    48 aye · 1 no · 1 excused

  3. House JHA committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2

    7 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused

  4. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    48 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 1 no · 0 excused

  5. Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs (PSM) on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    3 aye · 0 no · 2 excused · Source roll call

  6. Ways and Means (WAM) on SD1: Passed, unamended

    12 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  7. Senate third reading on SD1: Passed

    23 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of HB1769
MemberPSM
HD2		WAM
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Lynn DecoiteSD-007AyeAye
Samantha DeCorteSD-022AyeAye
Donovan CruzSD-017AyeAye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016Aye*Aye*
Kurt FevellaSD-020AyeAye
Carol FukunagaSD-011AyeAye
Troy HashimotoSD-005ExcusedAyeAye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001ExcusedAyeAye
Dru KanuhaSD-003AyeAye
Michelle KidaniSD-018AyeAye
Donna KimSD-014AyeAye
Chris LeeSD-025AyeAyeAye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012AyeAye*Added reservations at Senate third reading (SD1)
Tim RichardsSD-004AyeAye
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAye
10 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberPSM
HD2		WAM
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023Aye
Stanley ChangSD-009Aye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019Aye
Mike GabbardSD-021Aye
Les IharaSD-010Aye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Angus McKelveySD-006Aye
Karl RhoadsSD-013Aye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002Aye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1769
MemberPBS
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeExcusedAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAye*AyeAdded reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039NoNo
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047ExcusedAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye
33 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberPBS
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAye

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to PBS, JHA, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on PBS did not hear this measure. The committee recommends the measure be heard on 02-11-26, 8:30AM.

  6. Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 02-11-26 8:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  7. The committee(s) on PBS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-18-26 11:30AM.

  8. Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-18-26 11:30AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

  10. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 601-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  11. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

  12. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  13. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti.

  14. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1145-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  16. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

  17. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 286).

  18. Passed First Reading.

  19. Referred to PSM, WAM.

  20. The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  21. The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto, Inouye.

  22. Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3290) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  23. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  24. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

  25. The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-06-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  26. The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-08-26 10:01AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

  27. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  28. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3648) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  29. One Day Notice 04-10-26.

  30. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante, Moriwaki. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  31. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 526) in amended form (SD 1).

  32. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

  33. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599).

  34. Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; Elefante Co-Chair; Lee, C., Inouye.

  35. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 760).

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